Oluwole (name)
Wole Soyinka in 2018 | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language | Yoruba |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Yoruba |
| Region of origin | Southwest of Nigeria |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Olu, Wole |
Oluwole // ⓘ is a common masculine given name and surname of Yoruba origin. It means "the prominent one enters (the house)”.[1][2][3]
Notable people with the name include:
As a name
- Christopher Oluwole Rotimi Nigerian Army Brigadier General
- Oluwole Akinyele Agbede Nigerian professor
- Oluwole Olayiwola Amusan Nigerian academic
- Oluwole Soyinka Nigerian playwright
- Oluwole Oluwatosin Nigerian Philosopher
- Oluwole Babafemi Familoni Nigerian Academic
- Oluwole Olumuyiwa Nigerian architect
- Winston Oluwole Soboyejo American scientist
- Timothy Oluwole Obadare Nigerian televangelist
- Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade Nigerian singer
- Festus Oluwole Segun Nigerian clergy
- Stephen Oluwole Awokoya former minister of education in Nigeria
- Stephen Oluwole Akinola Nigerian Pentecostal pastor
As a surname
- Isaac Ladipo Oluwole Nigerian medical practitioner
- Oba Oluwole former Oba of Lagos
- Isaac Oluwole Nigerian bishop
- Sophie Oluwole Nigerian philosopher